Sync photos and videos to Google Drive

To automatically add photos and videos from Google Photos to Google Drive:

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Drive app .

In the top left, tap Menu Settings .

Under Google Photos, turn on Auto Add.

Notes:

If you turn on "Auto add," you’ll find items uploaded to Google Photos in a "Google Photos" folder in My Drive.

Google Photos is separate from the "Google Photos" folder in My Drive. Items in this folder won't be grouped in an album in Google Photos. If you add an item to this folder, it will not be added to your Google Photos library.

If you use Backup and Sync on your computer, you’ll find items in the Computers tab in Drive.

Sync photos and videos to Google Photos

You can automatically sync photos and videos to your Google Photos library if they are in My Drive or the Computers tab in Google Drive.

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app .

At the top, tap Menu Settings.

Turn on Google Drive.

Tap Sync.

What happens when you change or delete a photo

If you sync Google Photos and Google Drive, learn how changes affect your photos or videos in both places.

When you make a change in Google Photos

Delete a photo: the photo will also be deleted from Google Drive.

Edit a photo: changes will not show in Google Drive.

When you make a change in Google Drive

Delete items from the "Google Photos" folder: they will be removed from your Google Photos library.

Note: if the photo is in a Google Photos album, it will stay in the album.

Move photos from the "Google Photos" folder to a different folder, then delete them: they’ll also be deleted in Google Photos.

Delete folders, including the "Google Photos" folder: the photos and videos in those folders will stay in Google Photos. This is to avoid deleting all your photos and videos by accident.